a new classification of villain
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Archived from the IMDb Discussion Forums — The Terminal
bentleytheyeti — 15 years ago(December 11, 2010 03:57 PM)
we all know from our fourth grade lit classes that antagonists exist in five classes- oneself, another person, another society, nature, and the supernatural. i believe that this movie adds one more to the list- rules. though a byproduct of society, i feel like in this film the rules became an actual presence. tucci's character wasn't necessarily what i call a villain, but the presence that he was controlled by was definitely antagonistic. even stronger than in cool hand luke, or o brother where art though. it became almost an evil presence in the scene with the foreign man's "goat." the smile navorsky has after the man is allowed to go free represents to me a triumph over that evil.
anybody get this feeling? or if not, what other films do you think present this antagonist more strongly?
Oh no! I misspelled one word and suddenly my entire argument is dismantled. -
kylopod — 14 years ago(April 16, 2011 06:59 PM)
I don't agree the Stanley Tucci character is at all a new sort of villain. He's an old tradition in Hollywood films, the tight-assed bureaucrat. The most famous example is probably Nurse Ratched from
Cuckoo's Nest
. One of the features of these villains is that their actions usually fall technically within the letter of the law, yet they're still revealed to be unprincipled and power-driven. They work within the system to reach their nefarious ends. -
TVholic — 10 years ago(November 26, 2015 07:28 PM)
Have you ever been through JFK coming back into the country? I can assure you that rude CBP personnel aren't as uncommon as you think. I've had to deal with a few that could have come right out of this movie. They obviously hate their jobs.